Soprano

 
 
     
Sarah McIntyre, soprano, most recently portrayed Jane Bennett in the Chicago Premiere of Jacob and Baker’s: Pride & Prejudice. Other Chicago credits include: Hansel & Gretel (Dew Fairy); Carmen (Frasquita); Vanessa and Amahl & the Night Visitors with Chamber Opera Chicago; Mitislav the Modern (Jou Jou) with Chicago Folks Operetta; the title role of Zaide with the Amadeus Opern Ensemble in Salzburg, Austria; Carmen (Frasquita) with Lexington Opera; Turandot (Nashville Opera), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena) and L’elisir d’amore with Sugar Creek Symphony and Song; Die Fledermaus (Adele) with Belmont Opera Theatre; (Sister Catherine) Dialogues of the Carmelites with Converse Opera Theatre; Old Maid & the Thief (Miss Pinkerton), Die Zabuerflöte, and Felice in Test Tube, at which time, she was the first to sing the fully staged role of Milton Granger's Opera (Samford University Opera Theatre).


    Concert works include Handel’s Messiah with Greensboro Oratorio Society, and First United Church in Evanston, IL, and Messiah selections with Metropolis Youth Symphony, and St. Gregory the Great Church in Chicago, Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio with Park Ridge Presbyterian in Park Ridge, IL.


    Sarah has appeared as a soloist on the Chicago Lyric Opera Guild Concert Series; and Northbrook Parisian Salon Series; Calumet Chamber Musicians, Omnitones Chamber Ensemble, Chicago Chamber Ensemble, the Lira Ensemble, and Te Amo: An evening of Spanish Music and Dance with Chamber Opera Chicago. In 2008, she appeared at Orchestra Hall as a guest soloist for the annual Rush Medical Center Fundraiser. This summer, she will appear with the Calumet Chamber Musicians and the Chicago Chamber Ensemble.


    Sarah holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Pedagogy & Performance from Belmont University and Bachelor of Music in Performance from Samford University. In addition to her university education, she has been chosen to participate in numerous opera programs including the International Vocal Arts Institute in San Juan Puerto Rico and Sherrill Milnes’ VOICExperience.


    Sarah maintains a private teaching studio at the historic Fine Arts Building and is a teaching artist for the Chicago Lyric Opera’s "OperaKids!" program. She is the director of the Vocal Arts Intensive summer music program as well as the children’s choir director for Sherwood Community Music School at Columbia College, recently featured on WGN Evening News. Sarah is a member of the National Association for Teachers of Singing and serves as secretary for the Chicago chapter.  Ms. McIntyre is a recent recipient of the NATS Independent Teacher Fellowship which will allow her to continue her education as a vocal instructor in summer 2010.

 



Fine Arts Voice will hosts

Opera Inter Alia

September 10, 2010

6-8 pm











August 2 - 8, 2010

Voice Classes at The Rhythm World Festival

www.chicagotap.org






June 5, 2010

Master Class with Florence Birdwell

51st NATS National Conference

Salt Lake City, Utah